About Us

SafeAir Technical Sdn Bhd was incorporated in 2009 to provide technical line maintenance services for airlines that operate to Malaysian Airports. The company took on its first service with Cebu Air’s A320 aircraft on June 2011 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport and followed by Kota Kinabalu International Airport..

Since then, SafeAir’s customer base has expanded to a network of airlines such as AirAsia, Air Phil Express, Bangkok Airways, Jetstar Airways, Tiger Airways, Vietjet, Lucky Air and China Southern Airlines, Foreign and Local Charter Airlines and Aircraft Leasing Companies among others.
Providing services in an industry that requires high safety standards and a demanding service, SafeAir has expanded its scope of services to meet the ever growing commercial aviation market demand. Apart from that, the company has also expanded its services to Ground Handling to cater to narrow body and wide body carriers.

Safeair has also grown it’s geographical presence with several other service stations around Malaysia. With its main operations in place at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, SafeAir is also able to offer its services at the Penang International Airport, Langkawi International Airport, Sultan Azlan Shah Airport in Ipoh, Perak, Kota Kinabalu International Airport and the Melaka International Airport.

Apart from having certifications by the Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia, SafeAir is also certified by the Civil Aviation Authorities of Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam to carry out line maintenance work on each countries airline that fly into the airports SafeAir operates in.
The company is able to carry out line maintenance work on the Airbus A320 series, Airbus A330, Boeing 737 series, Boeing 777 and Boeing 747 series operating in Malaysia and is expanding the capability to include other aircraft types.

Board Members & Management

Dato’ Rozabil Abdul Rahman

Director

Dato’ Rozabil has been on the board of SafeAir since June 2015, after Destini Berhad acquired an 80% stake in the airline service provider the same year. Currently, he is also the Group Managing Director of Destini Berhad since January 2014.

Dato’ Rozabil has diversified interests ranging from construction and property development to trading and serves as director of several other private companies. He started his career as Managing Director of BPH Engineering Sdn Bhd, an M&E engineering company. He later established Benar Prima Resources Sdn Bhd, a construction and development company and Benar Prima Capital Sdn Bhd, an investment trading company.

His vision and strategies have led Destini Group’s successful track record as well as financial strength and is also instrumental in leading the Group’s strategies. His leadership and entrepreneurial vision have been and will continue to be crucial in leading the Group into the future.

Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Rodzali Daud

Director

Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Rodzali has been on the board of SafeAir since June 2015, after Destini Berhad acquired an 80% stake in the airline service provider the same year. Currently, he is also the Chairman of Destini Berhad since May 2015.

Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Rodzali has had an illustrious and exemplary career in the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), starting off as an Officer in the RMAF in 1973 until his retirement as the Chief of the Royal Malaysian Air Force in March 2015.

He is a graduate of New Zealand Air Command and Staff College in 1989. In addition, he is also a graduate of the Malaysia Armed Forces Defence College in 2002 with an accreditation of Masters in Defence Studies from University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). In 2006 he graduated from the Pakistan National Defence College with a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies from the Quaid-i-Azam University.

Among the honour bestowed upon him was The Legion of Merit (Degree of Commander), awarded by the President of The United States of America in May 2012.

Surendran Pillay Kumarasami

Director and General Manager

Surendran Pillay joined SafeAir in 2010 during the initial start-up of the company. He held the Nominated Post as SafeAir’s Maintenance Manager and in 2014 assumed the role of the Accountable Manager for the company. He remained on the Board of SafeAir after Destini Berhad acquired the company in 2015.

Surendran started his career in Malaysian Airlines Systems Berhad as a Trainee Engineer and graduated in 1999 as an Airframe and Engine Licensed Aircraft Engineer based in Malaysia Airline’s Subang Hangar Maintenance Facility. In 2003 he joined AirAsia Berhad as a Licensed Aircraft Engineer and was posted in Thailand in 2004 during the airline’s initial setting up phase until August 2005 to lead its Engineering Team on the ground. He was also involved in the day to day running of the airline’s operations..

He then spent a short time in Singapore with SHAECO before returning to Malaysia to start-up SafeAir. The experience in both Line and Base Maintenance business operations has given him the experience needed to engage customers from Low Cost Carriers to Legacy Airlines